Learn how to sew a spring suit, a buffoon for a spring holiday. Shrovetide games will allow you to celebrate spring with playfulness and fun. The Maslenitsa holiday has deep roots. Our ancestors, many centuries ago, greeted spring, performed various rituals. We must not forget these traditions, help your children learn about them.
What does every Shrovetide day mean?
If you do not know when Maslenitsa in 2017 is in Russia, it will be from 20 to 26 February. Consists of Narrow and Wide Shrovetide. Every day has its own name, traditions and customs. The first three days of the narrow Maslenitsa, the peasants were still allowed to engage in household work, from Monday to Wednesday inclusive. On Thursday, the Wide Maslenitsa began and it was forbidden to work.
If you honor Orthodox customs, then find out what each Maslenitsa day means.
- V Monday discuss where the festivities will be held, what time, the composition of the guests. On this day, it was necessary to make an effigy of Shrovetide from straw, bake pancakes with which they commemorated the dead or handed out treats to the poor.
- Tuesday called Flirting. On this day, the bridegroom traditionally took place to play a wedding on Krasnaya Gorka, after Lent.
- Wednesday it was not for nothing that they nicknamed Gourmet, on that day the son-in-law came to eat pancakes. She had to cook her own food and treat her daughter's husband.
- Thursday - this is Razgulyay. Festivities and celebrations begin on this day. It is customary to ride horses, sledges, arrange fistfights, storm the snow fortress.
- The mother-in-law of the evening took place in friday … Her daughter had to bake delicious pancakes, then, together with her husband, respectfully and diligently invite the woman to her house. In the morning of that day, the son-in-law sent smart friends to his mother-in-law to convey the invitation. She came to the house of her daughter and her husband with her friends and relatives.
- Saturday it is not for nothing that they are called sister-in-law gatherings, the young daughter-in-law invited her husband's sisters to visit. If all of them were not married, they could come with their single girlfriends. For married sisters, it was only allowed to call friends who had already started a family.
- Sunday - Forgiven. On this day, it is customary to ask for forgiveness from each other, even if someone does not feel guilty about anything. By this, a person lightens the soul to enter into Lent the next day, Monday.
Also, on Forgiveness Sunday, it is customary to go to the bathhouse, burn an effigy of Maslenitsa, unnecessary things. Why develop ash over the river. This custom means that in this way people clear the road for spring, fertility, and burn winter.
Shrovetide in kindergarten
Tell all this about Shrovetide to children, so that they would be interested in making crafts on this topic. This fun holiday takes place at the end of winter. You need to prepare for it in advance. The hall is decorated in a certain way, a holiday scenario is developed, costumes are sewn, children need to bring handicrafts with them.
In the same way, the holiday is held in elementary school. For younger children, the following crafts can be recommended, which they will quickly make on their own or with little help from their parents.
The sun is one of the main symbols of Shrovetide.
To make a similar craft, take:
- yellow cardboard;
- plasticine;
- yellow threads;
- glue;
- scissors;
- floss;
- compass;
- pencil;
- wooden skewer.
Draw a circle on the cardboard with a compass, cut it out.
Use the edge of a wooden skewer to puncture the edge of the circle.
Cut as many threads as there are punctures on the workpiece. Insert each piece into a specific hole, fold the threads in half, and tie into a knot.
Let the child make eyes from white plasticine, and pupils from black. From red - mouth and ruddy cheeks, will attach these blanks to the face of the sun.
On its reverse side, with the help of plasticine, you need to fix a wooden skewer, after which the crafts for the Maslenitsa holiday with your own hands are ready. For children, this is fun entertainment, an opportunity to show what they can do.
From the remains of the thread, you can make a small stuffed carnival to be taken to a children's institution as a craft or as a gift to someone on the days of the celebration.
Wind the threads around two fingers wide apart, between your thumb and middle finger. Cut this skein from the 1st and 2nd edges. Tie on both sides with red threads.
Now you need to make a skein that is about 2 times longer than the previous one. Fold it in half, lay the first one with red threads perpendicularly inside. Using yarn of the same color, wrap around the top of a large skein to define the head and attach it to the large skein.
At the top, you will get a loop, so a stuffed carnival will find its head. Without breaking this long red thread, pass it forward, then backward, crossing. Tie the ends into a knot.
Cut the bottom of the folded threads with scissors, straighten the resulting skirt. A do-it-yourself scarecrow for Shrovetide is ready.
The guys can make pancakes for Shrovetide from plasticine. First, let them take a white one, roll a ball out of it, flatten it into a circle - this plate.
To make pancakes, let them take light brown plasticine, the first cake will be decorated in the same way, but it should be slightly smaller than the plate.
Other pancakes are also sculpted from plasticine, stacked in a pile.
You can already show the children how to make the sun out of yellow cardboard on a stick. The second craft is no less interesting. Shrovetide for children can be a creative holiday if you reveal secrets and other ideas to them. To make a second sun, take:
- a sheet of cardboard;
- glue;
- colored pencils or markers;
- millet;
- a rag.
Crafting workshop:
- Let the child draw a circle on white cardboard, and the facial features of the sun with colored pencils or felt-tip pens.
- These elements must be left in this form, and the rest of the space must be covered with glue. While the solution is not dry, have the child sprinkle millet on these places.
- You need to wait, and when the glue dries, shake off the excess cereal, after which the fake is considered complete.
But how can you stop and not continue to create on this topic?
Telling children about Shrovetide, be sure to mention that the sun is almost the main attribute of the holiday. That is why pancakes are baked, because they are similar in shape to this heavenly body.
Make a prototype of the sun with your child by taking:
- yellow plasticine;
- toothpicks;
- plasticine blue and pink.
Children really like to make pancakes out of plastic mass. Let the child roll the ball, press on it with his palm so that it turns into an almost flat circle. He will make eyes from blue plasticine, and a mouth from pink. It remains to evenly stick the toothpicks into the sides of the circle to make the rays of the sun.
There are also other ways to make the sun for Shrovetide.
As you can see, to create this we need:
- colored paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- pencil;
- hole puncher;
- a round object, such as a plate.
Have a child place a plate on the back of a yellow piece of paper, trace around it with a simple pencil, then cut a circle along these outlines with scissors.
Next, have adults make holes around the perimeter of the circle with a hole punch at the same distance. The child will put colored strips of paper here, glue them in this position.
You can make the sun out of cardboard, thread satin ribbons through the holes, tie them, attach the sun to a stick. If you hold on to it, the ribbons will flutter in the wind, making the attribute of Shrovetide even more spectacular.
Carnival games on the street
These fun activities will allow children and adults to have fun in the spring. It will be good if the games will be played by two entertainers, one in the image of Spring, the other in the outfit of a Buffoon.
When developing the scenario of the Maslenitsa holiday on the street, be sure to include the Labyrinth game in it. First, let the buffoon say that winter does not want to leave, there is a notable frost on the street. He will offer people not to freeze: Let's play.
To make a maze, you will need:
- snow;
- shovels;
- several participants;
- flags of two colors;
- paper;
- pencil.
First, draw on paper a plan of the future labyrinth, decide where you will begin to build it.
The device must have two exits from different sides. The maze can be round or rectangular.
Do not make walls too high in the labyrinth, they should not be higher than one meter. Then the lost person can be easily found.
- If this is a maze for children, then the walls should be even lower. To make it convenient for adults to walk here, make the paths wide enough.
- If you don't want to build a labyrinth, then use the flags to arrange tangled paths in the snow.
- Usually two teams compete, for each you need to make flags of a certain color. Competitors will collect these trophies. Whose team will collect the most flags, will do it faster, and she won.
If you have a suitable snow slide, then you can arrange a competition right here. If not, then build it in advance. This will require:
- snow;
- shovels;
- water.
Further in this sequence:
- During the thaw, roll big snowballs with the children, place these impromptu building blocks next to each other. Connect them by helping yourself with shovels and feet.
- When you tamp the incline well, pour water over it so that it has time to harden.
- Using a shovel, cut out steps in the snow on one side of the hill, you can make various arches, beautiful fences.
When you come up with Shrovetide games, prepare disposable cups and water. Pour this liquid into these containers.
- Have the audience split into two teams. Each person will be given a buffoon with a glass of water upstairs, the competitor must move down with this container, try to spill water as little as possible. He will pour it into a container held by a girl dressed in a spring suit.
- Whose team will be able to bring more water is the winner. Individual competitions can be arranged. All in turn move down the hill with a glass of water, stay at the bottom.
- Then Skomorokh and Vesna compare, determine the winner who was able to bring as much liquid to the bottom as possible.
In the scenario of the Maslenitsa holiday on the street, be sure to include the following game. It is called "Tire of Santa Claus". To make attributes for this entertainment, you will need:
- wooden shield;
- bar;
- self-tapping screws;
- white enamel;
- brush;
- snow.
A wooden square board with a side of a meter will become a target, but first you need to draw a line of enamel on it and let it dry. Using self-tapping screws, attach this blank to a block, fix it near the fence or dig it into the snow.
You can simplify the task by drawing a target with chalk on a solid fence. Of course, if the owner of this fence does not mind. The players blinded snowballs, whoever turns out to be the most accurate wins.
It would also be good to include the next competition in the scenario of Shrovetide on the street for the village or for the city. As you know, during this holiday people used to ride horses. But now this is quite problematic, so the races can be arranged on another subject and have fun from the heart.
For this challenge you will need:
- broom;
- stopwatch;
- snow balls or skittles.
Organization rules:
- Use skittles or snow balls to keep the path wide enough. Place them on one and the other side of the track.
- Let the entertainer in the form of a Buffoon or Spring take a stopwatch in his hands.
- On command, the first of the participants will saddle the broom and ride it along the prepared path. If he hits the ball and pin, penalty seconds are added.
- When the player is at the finish line, the entertainer will stop the stopwatch hand and record the total time. Thus, all the participants of this game will pass to Shrovetide, everyone will have their own result. The one who spends the least time on passing the test wins.
Children can be offered another interesting competition. Place artificial flowers from plastic bottles or other materials in the snow. Give the children baskets or bags. The winner in this fun competition is the one who has time to collect the most snowdrops.
Children will be able to warm up, get a boost of vivacity, for this offer them a game called "The Crow and the Sparrows". Members of one team become crows, the other - sparrows. At the command of the host: "Crows", the guys from this team start running after the sparrows, catching them. Then the entertainer says: "Sparrows!" Now the guys from the other brigade will run after their rivals.
If you are developing a Shrovetide scenario for children on the street, play Peacock's Tail. It will require:
- cuts of ropes;
- broom;
- plastic bottles.
Place plastic bottles on both sides of the path, gird the participants with ropes, to the end of which you need to tie a broom by the handle. Such a peacock should walk along the path without knocking down the pins with a broom.
Funny jokes, jokes will help make the Maslenitsa holiday even more memorable.
Do-it-yourself buffoon costume
Such an outfit for this holiday will come in handy. If Shrovetide is celebrated in kindergarten, then some of the boys will come in these costumes.
This outfit is suitable for children. To do it, take:
- silk fabric of two colors or another;
- zipper or button for fastening;
- two bells or two pom-poms;
- white calico;
- a linen gum;
- scissors;
- threads.
The pattern here is very simple, a suit is sewn like a jumpsuit. Fold the fabric in half. Place the presented pattern on it, matching the folds. Cut out the fabric, adding 1 cm on all sides, and 2 cm from the bottom. Rinse the neck with a roll or bias tape. Sew the sides, tuck the bottom, hem here by hand or on a typewriter. Sew a zipper or buttonhole at the back.
We make the next buffoon costume. Cut out two semicircles from fabric of two different colors, the pattern is presented.
To do this, connect these two blanks on the sides, turn over the neckline of the collar and its outer round edge with an oblique inlay. Sewing it to the neckline, you need to sew an elastic band on the back side so that this detail can easily be put on the neck.
To make buttons, put on the usual ones in a circle of padding polyester, pull the main fabric over them, sew from the bottom of its edges.
The buffoon's hat consists of two parts. First, according to the pattern presented, create a lining of coarse calico. These two elements need to be sewn on the sides. Sew the base fabric in the same way.
Insert the backing into the main workpiece, connect these two pieces from the bottom. The work has been completed.
If you want to sew a buffoon costume so that it consists of a shirt and pants, then you can use a colorful women's robe for the first item. It is enough to cut it from the bottom, tuck it here and hem. If such a suit is created for a child, cuts are made on the top of the sleeves, which are also processed. You will get the character's long, hanging sleeves. For an adult, this is not necessary. In order for this detail to be in size, it will be enough to tie up the shirt with a belt.
You can use any loose pants for the bottom of the suit by inserting an elastic band into the cuffs.
You already know how to sew a buffoon hat. You can create a bright collar according to the method presented above, or make it sharp-angled so that the edges consist of 8 narrow triangles. Sew pom-poms or bells to their ends.
How to create a Spring costume for Shrovetide
This is another of the main characters who are included in the Shrovetide script. To make a spring suit for a girl or woman, take:
- the cloth;
- scissors;
- threads;
- non-woven fabric;
- a wreath of leaves;
- beads.
It is better to use green fabric, because it is so in harmony with this time of year. If you have a suitable dress, use it as a template. If not, then adopt the pattern below.
The front consists of 1 part, like the back. You can align the fold line of the pattern with the fold line of the canvas. Cut out two flared sleeves, make them zigzag at the bottom, these will be birch leaves.
To process the edges of the sleeves, pre-glue non-woven or spider web here for repairing clothes, then this part of the suit will not wrinkle. Let the heroine put on beads around her neck, and a wreath of leaves on her head - made of real or artificial ones.
If you have a sundress of a suitable color, you can quickly turn it into a spring suit. To do this, make a veil-type head ornament out of fabric. It attaches to the back of the hair hoop. In front, on the headdress, as well as on the sundress, you need to glue or sew flowers from fabric or paper.
The next master class will help you make them. As you can see, any of these materials are folded almost in half, previously cut out in the form of a rectangle. After 5 mm back from the fold, sew along the edge with a basting stitch. Bend the bottom of the flower down and the top up. Sew the resulting blank on the side.
To make a veil, fold the selected light fabric into folds. You can take a toy made of flowers in your hand.
Here's how to quickly make a spring costume, a buffoon, so that these characters help to have a fun Shrovetide holiday on the street or indoors. If you want to see what other games can be included in the scenario, then check out the following story.
And of course, at the end of the holiday, according to tradition, an effigy of Maslenitsa is burned to a cheerful song, so that winter ends as soon as possible and the long-awaited spring finally comes!
